金石堂Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning on October 1953, my Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth.
Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle�� son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn�� as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes more than just a curiosity to her��uring their sixth-grade year she finds that they have enough in common to be best friends. Even so, Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow�� calm acceptance of his mother�� disappearance, especially since she herself has never gotten over her father�� death. When Woodrow finally reveals that he�� been keeping a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the truth, no matter how painful it is.
Belle Prater�� Boy is a 1996 Boston Globe��orn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction and a 1997 Newbery Honor Book.
